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"pranZo" <pranas@gabija.net> wrote in message 
news:iis1uk$i1r$1@trimpas.omnitel.net...
> Gal kam bus idomu paskaityti apie baudas amerikej.
>
> VC 12814.6 $214 Failure to obey license provisions.
> VC 14600(A) $214 Failure to notify DMV of address change within 10 days
> Note: The fine may be reduced with valid proof of correction.
> VC 16028(A) $796 Failure to provide evidence of financial responsibility
> (insurance)
> Note: This fine may be reduced with proof of insurance on or after the
> violation date.
> VC 21453(A) $436 Failure to stop at a red signal.
> VC 22349 $214 Unsafe speed, 1 to 15 miles over the limit.
> VC 22350 $328 Unsafe speed, 16 to 25 miles over the limit.
> VC 22450 $214 Failure to stop at a stop sign.
> VC 22454(A) $616 Passing a school bus with flashing red signals.
> VC 23123(A) $148 Driving while using a wireless phone not hands free, 
> first
> offense.
> VC 23123(B) $256 Driving while using a wireless phone not hands free, each
> subsequent offense.
> VC 23123.5 $148 Driving while using a wireless device to send, read or 
> write
> text.
> VC 23124 $148 Minor driving while using a wireless phone.
> VC 22500 $976 Parking in a bus loading area.
> VC 22507(A) $976 Violation of disabled parking provisions, first offense.
> VC 22507(B) $1876 Violation of disabled parking provisions, second 
> offense.
> VC 26708 $178 Unlawful material on vehicle windows.
> VC 27150 $178 Adequate muffler required.
> VC 27315 $148 Mandatory use of seat belts.
> VC 27360 $436 Mandatory use of passenger child restraints.
> Note: This fine may be reduced by completing a court authorized child seat
> diversion program .
> VC 27400 $178 Headsets or Earplugs covering both ears.
> VC 27803 $178 Violation of motorcycle safety helmet requirements.
> VC 34506 $616 Commercial Driver - Log book violation.
> VC 4000 $256 No evidence of current registration.
> Note: The fine may be reduced with valid proof of correction.
> VC 4159 $178 Notify DMV of change of address within 10 days.
> Note: The fine may be reduced with valid proof of correction.
> VC 5200 $178 Proper display of license plates.
> Note: The fine may be reduced with valid proof of correction.
> VC 9400 $178 Commercial weight fees due.
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>
> Motorcyclist training. Anyone under 21 wanting to drive a motorcycle will 
> be
> required to complete an approved motorcycle safety course. Upon 
> completion,
> the driver will receive a motorcycle instruction permit that must be held
> for six months before receiving a motorcycle driver license.
>
> Local traffic citations. Local law enforcement officials will no longer be
> authorized to ticket drivers for moving violations under municipal law or
> local ordinances. Under the new law, all moving violations must be cited
> under an appropriate section of the state vehicle code, which specifies
> penalties. This law takes effect July 1, 2011 and will provide uniform
> punishment for moving violations throughout the state.
>
> Carpool lanes. Solo drivers in certain "green" (fuel-efficient,
> low-emission) vehicles with a DMV-issued carpool lane sticker will be able
> to continue using the high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes until July 1, 
> 2011.
> In addition, a new class of plug-in hybrid vehicles will also be able to 
> use
> HOV lanes starting in January 2012.
>
> Drunk drivers. If a person is convicted of three or more DUIs in a 10-year
> period, judges will be authorized to revoke the drunk driver's license for
> 10 years. This law does not take effect until January 1, 2012. The purpose
> behind the new law is to reduce repeat offenses by drunk drivers and
> decrease the number of drunk driving fatalities.
>
> Higher traffic citation fines. All moving violation ticket fines will
> increase by $4. This law will remain in effect until 2016. Every
> vehicle-related or traffic infraction will cost $4 more than they did in
> 2010, raising an extra $34 million for Medi-Cal.
>
> Street-sweeper cameras. Local agencies are now permitted to install 
> cameras
> on street sweepers in order to digitally photograph illegally parked
> vehicles parked on streets during posted street sweeper times.
>
> Other safety changes require all motorcycle drivers to complete a fifteen
> hour training course before earning a learner's permit and laws increasing
> reckless driving penalties for paparazzi chasing celebrities.
>
> A new law makes adults liable if an underage guest gets drunk and causes a
> car crash.
>
> cities to install and operate cameras on street sweepers to digitally
> photograph vehicles that are parked on streets when street sweeping is
> posted to occur. Critics of the law are already comparing the plan to an
> Orwellian Big Brother plot, but this program literally would only 
> photograph
> cars that are parked illegally.
>
> Thanks to cuts to the state's Medi-Cal program, motorists caught breaking
> the law will be charged $4 for the next six years to pay for emergency
> air-lifts.
>
> a last new law wasn't about change but about preserving the status-quo for
> "clean cars" and the state's HOV Lanes. Hybrid vehicles adorned with the
> "yellow sticker" advertising its clean air status will be allowed to use 
> HOV
> lanes as though they had multiple passengers until July 1 of this year. 
> Cars
> with "white stickers" showing that they are electric or "compressed 
> natural
> gas" will have HOV privileges until January of 2015. The new law creates a
> third sticker, for plug-in hybrid vehicles, to be issued and to allow 
> access
> to HOV lanes also until 2015.
>
> 2011 Bail and Penalty Schedule, direct from the State of California:
> http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov
>
>
>